What do you do
When a poem is just bad
When its phrasing is poor
And its pace is just sad?

Oh what a mercy
It would be to me
For only one comment
On this mediocrity.

But you lot just read it
Then quickly beat it
Looking for a poem
With more grit

I long for the day
When there's a comment to say
This work is trash
Go throw it away.

Yes, honesty hurts
But lessons aren't learned
From just a smile or applause.
Now, this poem's adjourned.